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Bicentennial anniversary West Point
Through this letter I take the opportunity to congratulate you with the bicentennial
existence of the United States Military Academy at West Point. The Netherlands Army
considers West Point as an institute with a long and nobel history; an institute which brought
forth many great men.
The Royal Military Academy from the Netherlands values the same high standards of
military discipline and honourable conduct during the training of cadets as the United States
Military Academy at West Point. It is my experience that those virtues will contribute to a better
co-operation in times of war and in peace operations.
I express the hope that the United States Military Academy at West Point will stay in the
future an example for the free world how to educate young cadets and how to make them ready
for the intense physical demands of modern warfare.
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